Software Asset Management (SAM)

When you engage Apeiron Sumus to deliver a SAM Value Assessment, we will help you take the insights associated with the SAM Baseline Assessment to the next stage. We will offer recommendations about:

How you might gain greater value from your existing Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server deployments

• How you might evolve existing processes for greater efficiency, effectiveness, performance, and resilience.

• Which systems and services you might want to consider consolidating.

• Which systems and services you might want to move to the cloud.

• How you might execute a digital transformation to the cloud in a manner that is least disruptive to your business.

With these recommendations you are even more well-positioned to make informed decisions about IT alignments, future IT investments, and the path of your digital transformation.

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The experience

The SAM Value engagement rolls out in a manner identical to the SAM Baseline engagement:

• During a Planning stage, Apeiron Sumus works closely with the client to determine the extent of the IT landscape to be explored and to engage the relevant stakeholders.

• During the Data Collection stage, Apeiron Sumus works both onsite and remotely with tools such as Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. It also uses scripts and questionnaires to capture raw data about the distribution of infrastructure and software assets.

• During the Data Analysis stage, Apeiron Sumus consolidates and analyzes the data it has captured.

• During the Recommendations stage, Apeiron Sumus presents its analysis of the data and an inventory of the infrastructure and software discovered during the data collection process. Apeiron Sumus also presents clients with recommendations for infrastructure optimization, cybersecurity reports, and more.

Ultimately, a SAM Value Engagement adds deeper levels of insight and more specific suggestions during the Recommendation stage. You gain even greater insight into how to manage costs and risks, optimize investments in software licenses, and align IT investments with business and organizational needs.

Why Apeiron Sumus?

Apeiron Sumus was the first consulting organization in Latin America to specialize in SAM and it works closely with Microsoft to facilitate an open engagement with customers. We have a team of dedicated SAM professionals and a state-of-the art SAM delivery center in which these experts can create the deliverables associated with a SAM engagement.

Apeiron Sumus has conducted more than 1,000 SAM Assessment engagements since 2014 – with public, private, and governmental organizations throughout the Americas. In 2018, Microsoft named Apeiron Sumus its SAM Partner of the Year, an award presented annually to the SAM partner that delivers the greatest value to its customers and demonstrates the best practices for the industry.

For more about the SAM Value Assessment service, contact Apeiron Sumus or visit the SAM Value page at microsoft.com.

SAM Managed Services

A SAM Baseline or SAM Value assessment provides a snapshot of the state of your enterprise at a specific moment. But what if you want insights later, when your infrastructure has evolved?

A SAM Managed Services engagement provides you those same insights on an ongoing basis – so even as your organization is evolving you will be able to gain insight into the state of your software infrastructure.

The benefits

Apeiron Sumus offers SAM Managed Services contracts on a 2-year and 4-year basis. At any time during the life of the engagement, you can see just how your software assets are allocated, even if your software infrastructure is evolving rapidly. If you are involved in a multi-year digital transformation project, a SAM Managed Services engagement provides ongoing insights that can help you understand:

• How you might gain greater value from your Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server deployments.

• How you might refine today’s processes for greater efficiency, effectiveness, performance, and resilience.

• Which systems and services you might want to consider consolidating next.

• Which systems and services you might want to move to the cloud next.

• How to execute the next stage of your digital transformation in a manner that is least disruptive to your business.

Every step in your digital transformation means you are one (or one more) step removed from the view of your assets captured in a static SAM Baseline Assessment. While a one-step remove is not always problematic, a multi-step remove can compromise your insight significantly. A SAM Managed Services engagement ensures that you are never removed from those insights because you are always working with a view of your infrastructure that is current and up to date.

The experience

The SAM Managed Services engagement rolls out in a manner identical to a SAM Baseline or Value engagement:

• During a Planning stage, Apeiron Sumus works closely with you to determine the extent of the IT landscape to be explored and to engage the relevant stakeholders.

• During the Data Collection stage, Apeiron Sumus works both onsite and remotely with tools such as Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. It also uses scripts and questionnaires to capture raw data about the distribution of infrastructure and software assets.

Like a SAM Baseline or Value assessment, the SAM Managed Services engagement also has Data Analysis and Recommendations stages – but in a SAM Managed Services engagement these stages are ongoing. Apeiron Sumus personnel work with your team to ensure that we continue to collect data from your infrastructure even as your infrastructure evolves. This ensures that we can perform ongoing analysis and make updated recommendations any time you seek them during the life of the contract.

Why Apeiron Sumus?

Apeiron Sumus was the first consulting organization in Latin America to specialize in SAM and it works closely with Microsoft to facilitate an open engagement with customers. We have a team of dedicated SAM professionals and a state-of-the art SAM delivery center in which these experts can create the deliverables associated with a SAM engagement.

Apeiron Sumus has conducted more than 1,000 SAM Assessment engagements since 2014 – with public, private, and governmental organizations throughout the Americas. In 2018, Microsoft named Apeiron Sumus its SAM Partner of the Year, an award presented annually to the SAM partner that delivers the greatest value to its customers and demonstrates the best practices for the industry.

Digital Assessment and Transformation 

What business opportunities might be offered by digital transformation – and how can you capitalize on your software investments to make the most of those opportunities? Engaging Apeiron Sumus to conduct a Digital Assessment and Transformation review provides actionable answers to those questions.

The benefits

An Apeiron Sumus Digital Assessment and Transformation review helps you understand both the impact of digital transformation and the opportunities for monetization that such a transformation could enable. We deliver a comprehensive digital transformation context assessment that provides preliminary identification of the key success factors, blockers and accelerators related to your prospective transformation.

• A Mission Statement defining the purpose of your digital transformation.

• A Digital Transformation SWOT Analysis summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of your existing infrastructure in terms of how effectively they position you to respond to the external opportunities and threats.

• A Porter’s Five Forces Analysis assessing the attractiveness of the business and market by analyzing the forces acting upon it.

• A Portfolio/Value Matrix analyzing the alignment and competitiveness of your current product/service portfolio from a digital perspective.

Using the digital transformation context assessment document as an input, Apeiron Sumus will then help you develop a strategic digital planning roadmap to guide your digital transformation efforts.

• A Strategic Business Case defining your digital vision, strategy, and transformation justification.

• A Target State envisioning the alignment of markets and customers; services, products, and processes; and systems and tools that will enable you to monetize the market opportunity enabled by digital transformation.

• The Transitioning Plan outlining the transition from your current to the target states, including the key programs, projects and activities that are needed.

The bottom line? Engaging Apeiron Sumus to perform a Digital Assessment and Transformation analysis delivers the insights you need to plan a successful digital transformation and to maximize the ROI derived from your current and future software investments.

The experience

A Digital Assessment and Transformation engagement rolls out in three phases:

• In Phase I, we help our Customers to explore the Digital Transformation Impact and Opportunity for their business. We produce as an outcome a Digital Transformation Context Assessment, a comprehensive document that preliminarily identifies the Key Success Factors, Blockers and Accelerators related to our Customer Digital Business Transformation, including:

• In Phase II, and using the Digital Transformation Context Assessment as an input, we also assist our Customer to produce the Strategic Digital Planning Document that will serve as a roadmap for our Customer Business' Digital Transformation Process, including:

• In Phase III, we help our Customers to connect and map their Software Assets with their Strategic Digital Planning, and thru this process we enable them to maximize their Return of the Investment and Business Alignment related to their Software  Assets that will allow them to Embrace and Monetize the Digital Transformation.